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GREAT BENEFITS IN LONGER TERM.
4. (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) WHY CHANGE IN 1989 RATHER THAN, SAY, 1991? (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS) THERE IS PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CHANGE: GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS RIGHT TO INTRODUCE CHANGE. NO REASON NOT TO IMPLEMENT THIS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. APRIL 1989 IS FIRST NATURAL OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE NEW ARRANGEMENTS OF OFFICE WILL BEGIN THEN. DECISION ANNOUNCED IN ENABLE THOSE AFFECTED TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO RUN
ELECTIONS.
AS UC'S NEW TERM
ADVANCE TO
FOR 1988 DB
5. (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) WHITE PAPER SAYS THERE IS NO MERIT IN HAVING LEGCO MEMBERS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY ELECTED FROM GEOGR- APHICAL CONSTITUENCIES. WHY INTRODUCE FOR UC? (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS) DBS AND MCS BOTH CONCERNED WITH IMPROVING SERVICES TO PEOPLE AT DISTRICT LEVELS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD CO-OPERATION AND STRONG LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO. ROLE OF DB REPRESENTATIVES ON MCS IS TO REFLECT VIEWS AND CONERN OF DBS TO UC/RC AND, IN TURN, TO EXPLAIN UC/RC POLICIES TO DB AND DISTRICT RESIDENTS. AT SAME TIME, WOULD EXPECT DB REPRESENTATIVES, LIKE DIRECTLY
/
AS A WHOLE. ELECTED MEMBERS, TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF UC/RC AREAS
(VIII) BASIC LAW
(A) LINE TO TAKE
IN CONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEM OF REPRES- ENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BEFORE 1997, GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN ACCOUNT OF
AND RELEVANT STIPULATIONS OF SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION DELIBERATIONS OF BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE OVER HOW THOSE PROVISIONS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AFTER 1997. CLEARLY NECESSARY AND SENSIBLE TO DO SO IN INTERESTS OF STABILITY AND SMOOTH TRANSITION, TO WHICH PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE.
(B) DEFENSIVE
2. (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) WILL BASIC LAW DICTATE FURTHER CHANGES
BASIC DURING YEARS LEADING UP TO 1997? (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS) LAW WILL SET OUT FRAMEWORK FOR STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT AFTER 1997. ONCE BASIC LAW PROMULGATED, WILL BE SENSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENTS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ITS PROVISIONS TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997.
3. (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) WHAT IF BASIC LAW IS INCONSISTENT WITH LETTER OR SPIRIT OF JOINT DECLARATION. IS HMG/HKG ABLE TO INFLUENCE DRAFTING PROCESS? (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS) DRAFTING OF BASIC LAW A MATTER FOR CHINESE GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, AS SIR
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